OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-27/01/2016-MAKING
YOUR MARRIAGE WORK I -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
MAKING YOUR MARRIAGE WORK I
Memorise
Who can find a
virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10
Read:
Ephesians 5:21-25
21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the savior of the body.
24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in everything.
25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
KJV
MESSAGE
It takes great commitment to make a marriage
successful and blissful. This gift of God demands the commitment of those who
are involved. The good thing is that the Bible is not silent on what couples must
do to make their marriages work. I pray for couples reading this devotional;
your marriage will be highly successful in Jesus’ name.
In our Bible reading for today, we are
blessed with some principles which will help us make our marriage work. The first
one that catches our attention is the mutual submission between the husband and
the wife. Both the husband and the wife must learn to mutually submit to one
another. The reason is found in the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians:
“Let the husband render unto the wife
due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not
power of her own body, but the husband hath not power of his own body, but the
wife.”
1st Corinthians 7:3-4
Another
principle that any woman who wants her marriage to succeed should imbibe is
unconditional submission. This is the submission
that does not attach any condition to compliance. This Christian wife must
learn to submit to the husband. When she does this, she receives a blessing
which money cannot buy from God.
“For after this manner in the old time
the holy woman also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, bring in
subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord: whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any
amazement.”
1st Peter 3:5-6
It is dangerous for a woman to go into a
marriage partnership with a man she will not submit herself to. It is better
for such a woman not to get married at all. When the Word of God says, “Wives,
submit….” Some people take this as a piece of advice. However, it is not a
piece of advice, but an express command; it must be obeyed. As a matter of
fact, the Bible goes further to reveal the degree of submission; it says: “….
as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
in everything.” Years ago, I counselled one of my daughters along this line
when she began to have problems with her marriage. Initially, she did not find
it pleasant, but I told her that she could not do the contrary if she really
wanted her marriage to work. The problem with her then was that she was as
highly educated as her husband and she felt she had equal rights with her
husband. May the Lord bless your home with eternal peace in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Take a practical step of voluntary submission to your husband as unto the
Lord today, and the Lord will give you a peaceful home.
Bible in one year:
Matthew 7:1-9:26, Job 11:7-20
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